Police seeking 2 suspects in armed robbery of store

October 09, 2007

WESTERN SPRINGS — Police in Western Springs on Monday were piecing together clues in the weekend armed robbery of a convenience store.

Two men entered a White Hen Pantry at 5520 S. Wolf Rd. about 9:40 p.m. Sunday, according to Deputy Police Chief Brian Budds. Surveillance camera recordings revealed that one of the men displayed a black semiautomatic handgun, ordered a clerk into a walk-in cooler, then took about $700 from a cash register and a safe, Budds said.

The clerk was not injured, and both robbers left the store through a rear door, Budds said.

One suspect is described as black, about 22 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweat shirt. The other is described as black, about 22 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a heavy build and wearing a multicolored coat.